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It is the speed of a horse and some folks say the best way to see and savor a life well lived. This is the story of retired back-country outfitter Smoke Elser. His vision of wilderness has always included people. This program takes you into the Bob Marshall wilderness as Elser shares his history, passion and connection to the outdoors.
Airs Thursday 2/2 at 7pm, repeats Saturday 2/4 at 4:30pm, Sunday 2/5 at 10am
(No. 110 )
William Marcus takes us ice-sailing near Helena, kite-flying at a festival in Helena, gliding over the Flathead Valley, sightseeing in Glacier National Park, sheep shearing near Absarokee, and along for the ride through the Gates of the Mountains on the Missouri River near Helena.
Airs Saturday 2/4 at 5:30pm
(No. 3502 )
Discover the wonders of science as Montana's First Lady Nancy Schweitzer shares the newest feature of the Governor and First Lady's Math & Science Initiative. Nancy's Garden enables fourth grade classrooms across the state to grow gardens, minds and healthy bodies.
Airs Sunday 2/5 at 11am
(No. 604 )
If you have Montana roots, you've no doubt heard of this energetic, driven rock band-inspired by the soft, sensitive songwriting style of John Mayer, the quirkiness of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, and the in-your-face, loud-and-proud attitude exemplified by country stars Big & Rich. Their sound is diverse, but focused in a way that you can only call The Clintons.
Airs Thursday 2/9 at 7pm, repeats Saturday 2/11 at 10:10pm, Monday 2/13 at 2:30am
(No. 111 )
Get ready for wild rides, wild flowers, and wild stories in this episode. We gape at cowboy polo east of Missoula; walk through a field of wildflowers on Big Hole Pass west of Dillon, listen in at the annual storytellers' conference in Cut Bank, and stop along the way for a bite to eat at Yesterday's Calf-A in Dell. And host William Marcus gives us a tour of the original Governor's Mansion in Helena, built by a businessman in 1888 and residence of governors from 1931 to 1959.
Airs Saturday 2/11 at 5:30pm
(No. 108 )
Terra joins a team of archaeologists from the National Park Services Submerged Resources center as they search for shipwrecks and the early history of Yellowstone and Glacier National Parks. Few people associate National Parks like Yellowstone and Glacier with steamships and marine-archeology, but in the early 1900s steamboats were the only effective means of transporting the increasing number of visitors who came to see the natural wonders of these parks.
Airs Saturday 2/11 at 5pm
(No. 3505 )
Where does a landowner go to get accurate information about oil and gas leases in Montana? That is the question Montana AG Live asks MSU economist Tim Fitzgerald. Join us as we learn about the pitfalls, problems and benefits to these oil and gas leases.
Airs Sunday 2/12 at 11am
(No. 108 )
Featuring Montana PSC Commissioner and former Speaker of the House John Vincent.
Airs Sunday 2/12 at 10:30am
(No. 1401 )
Most people associate the local food movement with smaller businesses and farmer's markets. Can this concept work on a larger scale? This program examines two Montana local businesses and two Montana public institutions to see how they incorporate local food into their operations.
Airs Thursday 2/16 at 7:30pm
(No. 1801 )
This episode features Quadrocopter, a Flathead Valley business that mixes technologies to market a new product. The show also profiles the people behind Montana's longest running microbrewery, a talented Missoula tattoo artist who has overcome his medical condition and a fourth generation Montana couple who started Montana's only whiskey distillery in Bozeman.
Airs Thursday 2/16 at 7pm, repeats Saturday 2/18 at 5pm, Sunday 2/19 at 10:30am, Monday 2/20 at 3am
(No. 112 )
The Backroads crew takes us along on visits to the Accordion Festival in Philipsburg, the Ross Cedars in Northwest Montana, a bucking bronco school in Arlee and historic Mann Gulch near Helena. And we get to know a grain elevator photographer in Bozeman.
Airs Saturday 2/18 at 5:30pm
(No. 3507 )
Dawson County MSU Extension Agent Bruce Smith explains the unique way Dawson County markets local food systems.
Airs Sunday 2/19 at 11am
(No. 704 )
At the crossroads of traditional jazz guitar, funk, and experimental music, a hard-driving Billings band comes to 11th & Grant. Alex Nauman, with the skills and jazz savvy of someone twice his age, is joined by Eric Olsen on the Hammond C-3 organ and Brad Edwards on the drums.
Airs Thursday 2/23 at 7pm, repeats Saturday 2/25 at 10:10pm, Monday 2/27 at 2am
(No. 113 )
William Marcus introduces us to a Big Timber man who works on a minute level; follow a group of seniors as they beautify a stretch of highway in northwest Montana; hitch a ride on the Orphan Girl Express at the World Museum of Mining in Butte; unwind in Helena with a man who restores wind-up phonographs and storm the castle in White Sulphur Springs. Produced by KUFM-TV/Montana PBS, UM-Missoula.
Airs Saturday 2/25 at 5:30pm
(No. 3508 )
Noxious weeds are always a topic of concern to Montanans. This week Jane Mangold will again join us to bring us up-to-date on MSU's current research on the topic.
Airs Sunday 2/26 at 11am
(No. 109 )
Featuring Montana Dept. of Commerce Senior Marketing Officer Lonie Stimac.
Airs Sunday 2/26 at 10:30am
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